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United States Patent | 5,602,915 |
Campana ,   et al. | February 11, 1997 |
A process for controlling communication between a first and a second smart card using key-based cryptography is provided. In the disclosed process, a first identity code is stored in the first smart card and a second identity code is stored in the second smart card. The smart cards are customized by writing into each of the smart cards an identical group secret key and respective algorithms for processing the identical group secret key and the first and second identity codes stored in the first and second smart cards, respectively. The smart cards are used by transmitting the first identity code to the second smart card, transmitting the second identity code to the first smart card, and calculating using the respective processing algorithms stored in the smart cards, first and second session keys for the first and second smart cards, respectively.
Inventors: | Campana; Mireille (Clamart, FR); Gilbert; Henri (Bures sur Yvette, FR); Arditti; David (Clamart, FR) |
Assignee: | France Telecom Establissement Autonome de Droit Public (FR) |
Appl. No.: | 201979 |
Filed: | February 25, 1994 |
Feb 25, 1993[FR] | 93 02152 |
Current U.S. Class: | 380/277; 235/380; 380/28; 380/30; 380/44; 380/46; 380/283; 713/172 |
Intern'l Class: | H04L 009/08; H04L 009/00 |
Field of Search: | 380/21,23,24,25,28,30,44,46,49,50 235/379,380 |
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5428684 | Jun., 1995 | Akiyama et al. | 380/25. |
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